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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
1
A dealer touts a direct shipment from Colorado calling the potatoes the best in season and priced no higher than common, encouraging customers to inspect the stock and prove the claim that they are new and firm. The seller emphasizes moving goods quickly and not keeping relics.
Excerpts from Rev W D Branfield the pastor of St Johns Church recount the Galveston hurricane arrival after Sept 7 warnings. He describes ferocious 120 mile per hour winds the city flooded with five to six feet of water and the loss of life including Mrs Ashton who drowned while guiding her mother.
The Galveston News reports a Colorado county sheriff defends a recent burning as an episode that should rest, noting local sympathy and potential reelection. The Victoria Advocate cites rapid divorces as two women remarrying within hours, arguing divorce proves nothing about marriage.
Rev W Bloyce reports Ft Davis congregation has purchased the camp meeting premises they occupy and built a storage house on the grounds. A fine organ is in place as they prepare for a large camp meeting next summer. Peeps News notes this progress.
Denver Stockman notes rumors that John D Rockefeller may back a Texas cattle syndicate controlling the XIT ranch, famed for its vast 8,000,000 acres straddling the Panhandle with 1500 miles of barb wire, 125000 cattle, 16000 horses, and a value placed near 10 million dollars.
Judge L N Halbert, Brewster county attorney, reports a serious accident involving Captain Thalis Cook of the state rangers. On a Marathon to El Paso trip the captain suffered heart trouble while talking with friends and fell from his seat on the train.
Judge W Van Sickle of Alpine, newly elected to the Texas Legislature, visits El Paso with his wife and child. He plans to depart for Austin around January 5 for the session opening while pledging to pursue fair apportionment and Western Texas representation in Congress amid talk of regional projects and tax reforms.
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